More Egyptian Proverbs
- Seek peacefully, you will find.
- The way of knowledge is narrow.
- Every man must act in the rhythm of his time… such is wisdom.
- If you defy an enemy by doubting his courage you double it.
- It is the passive resistance from the helm that steers the boat.
- You will free yourself when you learn to be neutral and follow the instructions of your heart without letting things perturb you. This is the way of Maat.
- In every vital activity it is the path that matters.
- Knowledge is not necessarily wisdom.
- Envious greed must govern to possess and ambition must possess to govern.
- Always watch and follow nature.
- Man, know yourself and you shalt know the gods.
- Judge by cause, not by effect.
- The only active force that arises out of possession is fear of losing the object of possession.
- Social good is what brings peace to family and society.
- We mustn’t confuse mastery with mimicry, knowledge with superstitious ignorance.
- Our senses serve to affirm, not to know.
- People bring about their own undoing through their tongues.
- The first thing necessary in teaching is a master; the second is a pupil capable of carrying on the tradition.
- For knowledge, you should know that peace is an indispensable condition of getting it.
- Man must learn to increase his sense of responsibility and of the fact that everything he does will have its consequences.
- Your body is the temple of knowledge.
- If you defy an enemy by doubting his courage you double it.
- If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck.
- The man who knows how to lead one of his brothers towards what he has known may one day be saved by that very brother.
- The first concerning the ‘secrets’: all cognition comes from inside; we are therefore initiated only by ourselves, but the Master gives the keys.
- Peace is the fruit of activity, not of sleep.
- A man’s heart is his own Neter.